Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations Consisting of Messrs. Bingham, Gillett, Graff, Gardner, Livingston, and Burleson in Charge of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill for 1912U.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 - 282 pages |
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... PUTNAM , LIBRARIAN . NEW POSITIONS . Mr. BINGHAM . You ask , I think , for new positions , according to this memorandum , $ 10,700 ? Mr. PUTNAM . Yes . Mr. BINGHAM . Now , I notice one matter . You increase the heads of your departments ...
... PUTNAM , LIBRARIAN . NEW POSITIONS . Mr. BINGHAM . You ask , I think , for new positions , according to this memorandum , $ 10,700 ? Mr. PUTNAM . Yes . Mr. BINGHAM . Now , I notice one matter . You increase the heads of your departments ...
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... PUTNAM . There is a vacancy , to which I have assigned , tempo- rarily , a man who was at work on classification ; he is conducting the division . But I want to put a man in there permanently whom I could not get for $ 2,000 . Mr ...
... PUTNAM . There is a vacancy , to which I have assigned , tempo- rarily , a man who was at work on classification ; he is conducting the division . But I want to put a man in there permanently whom I could not get for $ 2,000 . Mr ...
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... PUTNAM . Yes . Mr. GILLETT . How many people are there in these divisions ? Mr. PUTNAM . Well , maps and charts , that is one of them ; there are only five people there . Mr. GILLETT . How about prints ? Mr. PUTNAM . There are only five ...
... PUTNAM . Yes . Mr. GILLETT . How many people are there in these divisions ? Mr. PUTNAM . Well , maps and charts , that is one of them ; there are only five people there . Mr. GILLETT . How about prints ? Mr. PUTNAM . There are only five ...
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... PUTNAM . Three thousand dollars . COPYRIGHT OFFICE . [ Also page 11. ] Mr. GILLETT . Let us ask him about these copyright clerks . Mr. PUTNAM . The explanation of that increase in salary is this : A man who had been receiving $ 2,000 ...
... PUTNAM . Three thousand dollars . COPYRIGHT OFFICE . [ Also page 11. ] Mr. GILLETT . Let us ask him about these copyright clerks . Mr. PUTNAM . The explanation of that increase in salary is this : A man who had been receiving $ 2,000 ...
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... PUTNAM . And in the office of the chief clerk . My own office , my secretary's office , and the office of the chief clerk . Mr. BINGHAM . How many have you in that office under you and under your chief clerk ? Mr. PUTNAM . Well ...
... PUTNAM . And in the office of the chief clerk . My own office , my secretary's office , and the office of the chief clerk . Mr. BINGHAM . How many have you in that office under you and under your chief clerk ? Mr. PUTNAM . Well ...
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additional clerks Admiral CONE Admiral MASON Admiral NICHOLSON ALESHIRE amount ANDREW appropriation Assistant Postmaster-General Attorney-General attorneys Auditor bill BINGHAM building bureau Bureau of Equipment Bureau of Ordnance CAMPBELL Captain KNAPP Captain RUSSELL census cent charge charts chief clerk chief of division clerks of class Colonel COSBY Colonel WEAVER Commissioner DAVENPORT committee compensation Congress cost course court DENNETT draftsman drop duties efficient employees engineer estimates examination expenses filing fiscal force GILLETT give Government GREEN HILLES Hydrographic Office increase Judge-Advocate-General June 30 law clerk Lieutenant GRANT LIVINGSTON machines matter mean ment MOORE NAGEL Navy paid Paymaster-General position Postmaster-General present printing purchase PUTNAM reduction sailing directions salary saving SCOFIELD Secretary solicitor statement stenographer STEWART STRATTON superintendent thing thousand dollars tion transferred Treasury Department UCKER UHLER watchmen WEED WICKERSHAM WILMETH WILSON
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